Harshith D Kelkar

• Your Friendly Neighbourhood Software Developer

Master's student at Stevens Institute of Technology with 3.5+ years building scalable, serverless applications. Transforming ideas into production-ready solutions.

Turned coffee into code in Bengaluru, now doing the same in Jersey. Still trying to figure out which has better traffic.

Harshith D Kelkar

Software Engineer

New Jersey 201-589-922 harshithhk98@gmail.com LinkedIn Github

Summary

Software Engineer with 3.5+ years of experience in full-stack development and DevSecOps, specializing in building scalable, secure, cloud-native architectures. Skilled in AWS cloud, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code, with a strong understanding of distributed systems, compliance-first development, and cross-functional collaboration.

Education and Training

MS, Computer Science

Stevens Institute of Technology

Expected: May 2026

Coursework: Enterprise Software Architecture & Design, Agile Methodology, DevSecOps, Enterprise Cloud Computing

B.Tech, Information Technology

Kolhapur's Institute of Technology

GPA: 3.55 / 4.00

Professional Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Mobiux Labs | Bengaluru, India

Jun 2022 - Jun 2024
  • Developed a full-stack web app for an InsureTech (Doclens.ai) using Next.js, React.js, Django, and Node.js, deploying on AWS and Azure on a Single-tenant basis
  • Worked on transitioning from a monolithic to an event-driven serverless architecture, increasing concurrent load capacity by 300% and reducing latency by 40%
  • Deployed private, serverless web apps via ECS Fargate, enabling rapid and scalable frontend/API rollouts
  • Built CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure with Terraform, Serverless, and CloudFormation, reducing deployment time by 80% and supporting 10+ feature releases monthly
  • Led the infrastructure development for self-hosting LLM models on AWS SageMaker, reducing ML processing costs by 60% while enabling RAG functionality using OpenSearch as a vector database and integrating AWS Bedrock for experimentation with generative AI
  • Collaborated closely with peers in engineering and external cybersecurity teams to achieve SOC2 compliance, enhancing product security and driving a significant increase in enterprise adoption

Junior Software Engineer

Recibo Technologies | Bengaluru, India

Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
  • Developed full-stack web and mobile platforms for Salesforce and distribution management using Node.js and Flutter, supporting 20+ active clients across India
  • Revamped front-end applications with Polymer and React, contributing to a 30% increase in user engagement
  • Leveraged GraphQL and Sequelize ORM to revamp REST backend services, achieving a 50% performance boost and streamlining developer productivity
  • Contributed to building a cross-engine database sync service (MySQL to MS SQL) for clients such as BIC and Navabharat, reducing manual efforts by 50+ hours per month
  • Created and published in-house npm packages used by multiple internal projects, streamlining API services consumption and authorization processes

Projects

Visualization of Q-bits using Quantum Gates (Final-year graduation project)

Built a Python-based desktop application to allow users to play around with quantum gates and learn the circuit's behavior on a Graphical User Interface developed using Tkinter and Qiskit libraries.

KITCOEK University Website (Freelance)

Designed, developed (and actively maintaining) the official University website using ReactJS, ExpressJS, and MongoDB.

Technical Skills

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Python-Microsoft

Languages & Frameworks

Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Django, ExpressJS, ElectronJS, IAC Frameworks, C#, C++, React Native, Flutter

Databases

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL, MongoDB, AWS DynamoDB, Vector Databases

Cloud Technologies

AWS, Azure

Collaboration

Agile (Scrum/Kanban), Jira, Confluence

DevOps & Tools

Git, Docker, Jenkins, SonarQube, Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus, Terraform, AWS SAM, Ansible, Packer, Helm, EFK & ELK stack